Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-11
rHRouaH THE STATE.
Items of Interest Cleaned from Interio
Exchaures


Exchanges
MIR. James Tenant, Waterman Of the
paper mill at the river in Shepherdstown,
reports very peculiar event that hap
pened few days ago. He had an outline
across the river just below the wagon
bridge, which he was in the habit of bait
ing in the evening and going over in the
morning to take the fish Off Thursday
morning one part OF the line felt very heavy,
and as be raised it from the water be saw
musket and an eel tangled up in the line.
Investigation showed that the eel had been
caught on the hook, and, seeking to pull it
self loose, had wrapped its tail around the
old musket lying on the bottom of the
river and pulled it up to the line. In its
struggle the eel had gotten the line wrap
ped around the gun, holding il SO that Mr..
Tenant was able to secure it. During the
war ferry-boat crowded with Confederate
soldiers was sunk at that place, and about
twenty of them were drowned. The mus
ket was doubtless part of the equipment
of the soldiers, and has lain in the river
ever since. Although this story sounds
like s'fish tale" we assure our readers
that it is absolutely true, and Mr.. Tenant
now has in his possession the gun so
strangely recovered.
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
A dispatch from Martinsburg to the..Ba
timOre american Of Tuesday last contains
the following account of romantic love
affair: ~. Z. Hess, of Lancaster, Pa, and
Miss Sue Spiker, of Maurerstown, Va an
clipping couple. arrived in Martinsburg
Sunday. The brides father and brother
are in pursuit, and the brother swears he
will kill Hess as soon as he finds him. The
young bride says she loves her husband
and will never leave him. Hess is n
cigarmaker, and has been working for
G. T. Evans. He is about twenty
two years old. A short time ago
Mr.. Hess went to Maurerstown,
Virginia, to work at his trade, and
while there fell in love with Miss Sue
Spiker, whose father is wealthy mer-.
chant The father objected, and the young
man went to Tennessee, and then came
here, all the while corresponding with his
sweetheart through his sister, who lives in
Lancaster. BY this correspondence it was
arranged that the lovers should meet in
Hagerstown and be married. Miss Sue
asked her father to let her 60 to Hagers-
town to visit an aunt. The father, think.
ing that Hess was in Tennessee, gave his
consent So last Tuesday she went to
Hagerstown, was met by Der lover, and
they were soon married by Rev. Mr.. Keedy.
The bride is pretty girl of eighteen
years."
STRUCK 1T RICH.
Mr.. ]. r. Shaver, better known as
Boss" who formerly lived in Braxton
county, but was also citizen of Webster
county several years, has made quite for
tune in Colorado. For the past two years
he has had exceedingly good luck and has
succeeded in selling out his mining claim
for $50, 900 cash in hand. He and Mr.. Ola
Squires have an interest in another claim.
Boss wrote that they could get $50, 900 for
it, so Mr.. Squires has gone from his home
in Braxton, and no doubt by this time has
effected sale.
DANGERS OF HUNTINGToN's STREETS.
Thursday night Johnny Macumber and
Roy Hill, of Huntington, aged 10 and Is
years, were held up by a footpad on Third
avenue, Just below Twentieth street. He
captured Macumber, and, drawing a re-
voler, told him to give up his money. He
searched Macumber's pockets, but the
young man had fortunately left his money
at home on the piano. The knight of the
road swore fluently in broken Dutch when
he discovered the barrenness of Macum-
ber's pockets, and gave chase to Hill, but
did not succeed in catching him.
A BIG GAssER.
During the past two months Pittsburg |
company has been boring for natural gas at
the old springs, eight miles above Charles
ton on the Kanawha river. Every indi-
cation was that gas would be found, but not
until Thursday were the expectations real
lied, when fair flow was struck. Friday,
at depth of 800 feet, very strong flow
was struck, and work was stopped, owing
10 the fact that the flow was so great as 10
blow the instruments out of the well.
CUTTING sCRAPE.
James Wilkes and George Smith, two
y,
volved in difficulty in front Of Gentry's
grocery store, Huntington, few days ago,
over an old grudge, when resulted in
Wilkes cutting Smith in five different
places with pocket knife, inficting ugly
but not dangerous wounds. Wilkes was
arrested and bound over TO
the grand jury in the sum of 500 Being
unable to furnish surety, he was confined in
the county Jail.
SAD ACCIDENT.
Saturday night, Mr.. Frank Ballengee, a
worthy and popular young man aged about
twenty-four years, was accidentally struck
by the engine OF train No. near the round
house, at Hinton, and so seriously injured
that death ensped in few hours. Mr..
Ballengee was a brother to Mrs. Charles III.
Graham, OF Clayton. w. Va, and his death
was severe shock to his many relatives
and friends, who mourn his uDtimely end.
HIS SKULL CRUSHED.
Last Wednesday James Kahn, who lives
about two miles above Guayandotte, laid
down upon the side of the railroad with
his head resting on one Of the rails, and
went to sleep. The west-bound local, due
at 5:45 p. H., ran over him, crushing
the back part Of the skull. He was brought
to Huntington and every attention given
him, but he cannot recover. He had been
drinking.
A RAILROAD STORY.
A workman on the Valley Division of
the B. 4 o. says that on Friday last, whilst
laying track below Millyiile, the rails were
so heated by the sun that the men could
not handle them with ungloved hands.
They tried to use dock leaves and the heat
burned the leaves to crisp. He had been
many years railroad building, but never
knew anything like that before.
COMMITTED TO JAIL.
The trial of Virginia Robinson (colored)
for the murder of child, at CbarlestowD,
ended in Justice Gallaher committing the
prisoner TO Jail TO await the action of the
grand Jury.
POSTMASTER SHOT.
News has reached Charleston from Lew
sburg that in a personal quarrel at that
place between DR.. Rocker and Postmaster
BERN, the latter was shot through the left